Maths help for parents of children aged 5 to 11
This maths worksheet gives some practice at adding on to make the next whole thousand.
This maths worksheet gives some practice at adding on to make the next whole thousand. The questions are in the form of:
“What must be added to 3400 to make 4000?”
Continue reading “Free Y4 maths worksheet: What must be added?”
One of the sites launched at the Bett Exhibition was Sarsen Education and I was hoping for big things from them. However, I have been somewhat disappointed. Despite some interesting graphics which children would really like, the program I looked at was not very original and costly. Continue reading “Sarsen Education Software:Worksheet Review”
Coins are falling off the money tree, two at a time.
Help Chris Coin to count down in twos.
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Here is the next list of vocabulary that children at the end of their Reception Year (4/5 years old) should be familiar with. These words are all to do with comparing and ordering numbers. Wherever possible they should be used in a practical situation.
After this list is a set of pages with each word written in a large font size which can be copied, cut out and used as flash cards or as display. Cover them with sticky back plastic or if you have access to a laminator, even better!
Whilst in year 1 and 2 the expectation is that children will know which pairs of numbers will make 10, by year 3 they are expected to be able to work out quickly pairs of numbers that make 100.
Continue reading “Free Y3 maths worksheet: Complete number sentences”
March 5th 2008 is going to be a very special day in the maths calendar. It is World Maths Day!!
March 5th 2008 is going to be a very special day in the maths calendar. It is World Maths Day!!
In 2007 World Maths Day saw 93 countries and over 280 000 students answering a staggering 39 million questions correctly – all in one day!!
The organisers are hoping to beat last year’s record in this year’s great mental arithmetic challenge.
Registration is free for both schools and students and registrations open on February 1st 2008. Continue reading “News: World Maths Day”
Another quick speed test to see how well children have learnt their number bonds. Most children will probably still be working the answers out, probably by counting on from the smaller number to the larger number. This is fine, but we are also hoping that they will begin to learn some of the answers off by heart, especially when taking away a number from 10.
Continue reading “Free Y2 maths worksheet: Subtracting numbers up to 10”
On this maths worksheet we have a simple counting down in twos exercise.
On this maths worksheet we have a simple counting down in twos exercise. Starting at 25 make hops of two and colour in each number you land on.
When carrying out an exercise such as this you can see how valuable games like snakes and ladders can be to help young children with their counting. Continue reading “Free Y1 maths worksheet: Counting back in twos”
Make sure that you can count up in twos before trying this!
Can you help Happy Henry to reach for the sky by counting down in twos?
Make sure that you can count up in twos before trying this!
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Another page of arithmetic practice aimed at boosting Key Stage 2 SAT scores.
As with many of these types of question there may well be more than one correct answer. The key to remember is that any correct answer will gain the marks, even if it is an easy one. Taking the first question: you could make it harder and work out that 44 + 17 = 61, but 51 = 10 would gain just as many marks – keep it simple and avoid unnecessary mistakes!
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